Acceptability of a COVID-19 vaccine among adults in the United States: How many people would get vaccinated?

Reiter, Paul L.; Pennell, Michael L.; Katz, Mira L.

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.08.043

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“…While not quite a ceiling effect, we believe this suggests strong support for a vaccine, more so because no vaccine has been fully tested and made available to the public. Our findings are consistent with other recent work examining perceptions of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, also showing highvaccine intentions in the United States (Reiter et al, 2020;Thigpen & Funk, 2020). Interestingly, this level of intention to receive the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is markedly higher than what is seen for actual U.S. adult vaccination behaviors for influenza.…”

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A National Survey Assessing SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Intentions: Implications for Future Public Health Communication Efforts

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With SARS-CoV-2 vaccines under development, research is needed to assess intention to vaccinate. We conducted a survey ( N = 3,159) with U.S. adults in May 2020 assessing SARS-CoV-2 vaccine intentions, intentions with a provider recommendation, and sociodemographic and psychosocial variables. Participants had high SARS-CoV-2 vaccine intentions ( M = 5.23/7-point scale), which increased significantly with a provider recommendation ( M = 5.47). Hierarchical linear regression showed that less education and working in health care were associated with lower intent, and liberal political views, altruism, and COVID-19-related health beliefs were associated with higher intent. This work can inform interventions to increase vaccine uptake, ultimately reducing COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality.

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A National Survey Assessing SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Intentions: Implications for Future Public Health Communication Efforts

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“…Variability in vaccine acceptance rates was also seen in UK, US and Canada over the course of the pandemic [42,43,45,46,51].…”

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy worldwide: a systematic review of vaccine acceptance rates

Sallam

2021

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IntroductionUtility of vaccine campaigns to control coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is not merely dependent on vaccine efficacy and safety. Vaccine acceptance among the general public and the healthcare workers, appears to have a decisive role for successful control of the pandemic.AimTo provide an up-to-date assessment of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance rates worldwide.MethodsA systematic search of the peer-reviewed English survey literature indexed in PubMed was done on December 25, 2020. Results from 30 studies, met the inclusion criteria and formed the basis for final COVID-19 vaccine acceptance estimates. Results of an additional recent survey from Jordan and Kuwait was considered in this review as well.ResultsSurvey studies on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates were found from 33 different countries. Among adults representing the general public, the highest COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates were found in Ecuador (97.0%), Malaysia (94.3%), Indonesia (93.3%) and China (91.3%). On the other hand, the lowest COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates were found in Kuwait (23.6%), Jordan (28.4%), Italy (53.7), Russia (54.9%), Poland (56.3%), US (56.9%), and France (58.9%). Only eight surveys among healthcare workers (doctors, nurses) were found, with vaccine acceptance rates ranging from 27.7% in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to 78.1% in Israel. In a majority of survey studies among the general public (62%), the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination showed a level of ≥ 70%.ConclusionsLow rates of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance were reported in the Middle East, Russia, Africa and several European countries. This could represent a major problem in the global efforts that aim to control the current COVID-19 pandemic. More studies are recommended to address the scope of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Such studies are particularly needed in the Middle East Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle and Latin America.Graphical AbstractCOVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates worldwideFor countries with more than one survey study, the vaccine acceptance rate of the latest survey was used in this graph. The estimates were also based on studies from the general population, except in the following cases were no studies from the general public were found (Australia: parents/guardians; DRC: healthcare workers; Hong Kong: healthcare workers; Malta: healthcare workers).

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“…White and colleagues describe that social distance is one component of a greater construct known as psychological distance, which influences the probability of perceiving and reacting to disease threats [43]. Therefore, we investigated how many (if any) people the Relatedly, the perceived risk of acquiring the disease impacts vaccination decisions [45], including decisions around oneself receiving the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine [44], [46], [47] and likely impacts how psychologically distant one feels from COVID-19. To our knowledge, no one has investigated how distal COVID-19 threat (e.g., risk to community and the world) impacts SARS-CoV-2 vaccination intentions in the family context.…”

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Demographic and psychological correlates of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination intentions in a sample of Canadian families

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been ongoing for close to a year, with second waves occurring presently and many viewing a vaccine as the most likely way to curb successive waves and promote herd immunity. Reaching herd immunity status likely necessitates that children, as well as their parents, receive a vaccine targeting SARS-CoV-2. In this exploratory study, we investigated the demographic, experiential, and psychological factors associated with the anticipated likelihood and speed of having children receive a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in a sample of 455 Canadian families (857 children). Using linear mixed effects and proportional odds logistic regression models, we demonstrated that older parental age, living in the Prairies (relative to Central Canada), more complete child and parental vaccination history, more positive attitudes towards vaccines generally, higher psychological avoidance of the pandemic and a greater tendency to prioritize the risks of the disease relative to the risks of side effects (i.e., lower omission bias), were associated with higher likelihoods of intention to vaccinate participants' children. In some models, subjective evaluations of proximal COVID-19 risk and higher levels of state anxiety were associated with increased likelihood of having children vaccinated. Faster speed of intended vaccination was predicted by a similar constellation of variables, with higher SES emerging as a trend-level predictor of vaccination speed. Results are discussed with respect to public health knowledge mobilization.

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Acceptability of a COVID-19 vaccine among adults in the United States: How many people would get vaccinated?

Cited by 1,017 publications

References 25 publications

A National Survey Assessing SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Intentions: Implications for Future Public Health Communication Efforts

A National Survey Assessing SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Intentions: Implications for Future Public Health Communication Efforts

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy worldwide: a systematic review of vaccine acceptance rates

Demographic and psychological correlates of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination intentions in a sample of Canadian families

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